Kristin Brzoznowski

The BBC and Pact have agreed to a new terms of trade deal for BBC television productions made by U.K.-based indie producers.

NEM Dubrovnik has been rescheduled for December 2020, to be held in Zagreb during its sister event NEM Zagreb for a joint conference named NEM Dubrovnik Meets Zagreb.

Cassian Harrison, currently channel editor of BBC Four, has been appointed senior VP of commissioning and content global services at BBC Studios for a nine-month term.

The latest Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report has a revised forecast for U.K. advertising spending in 2020 of £21.13 billion ($26.5 billion), down 16.7 percent from 2019.

Scottish broadcaster STV is expanding its VOD offering with the addition of 270 hours of new content and two more live streaming channels to the STV Player.

Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) is continuing with its reorganization to focus on the growth of the Viaplay streaming service and increasing its drama output.

Jodie Comer and Martin Freeman are among those taking part in the new productions of Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads monologues, which first aired on BBC Television in 1988 and 1998.

The Edinburgh TV Festival (ETF), brought to you by YouTube and Freeview, has set the initial lineup for its pre-festival, digital program of industry events, a newly designed series in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vivendi has acquired a 10.6 percent stake in the French media conglomerate Lagardère.

Netflix and Italian Film Commissions have established a new COVID-19 Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund to provide short-term support to the active workers in the TV and cinema industry in Italy.